Whip-socket



W. P. DINSE WHIP SOCKET.

(No Model.)

No. 298,856.- Patented May 13, 1884.

I I INVENTOR ATTORNEY XVILLIAM F. DINSE, OF NElV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 3T0. 298,356, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed January 10, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. Drnsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip Sockets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in a whip-socket; and it consists in a cylindrical socket or holder provided with suitable springaotuated pivotal levers adapted to be locked by a cam upon the key-stem, so as to secure the whip in the socket.

The object of this invention is to provide a means whereby the whip may be secured in the whip-socket, so that it cannot be removed therefrom only by the aid of a proper key. I attain this object by suitable mechanism, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents an improved whipsocket, partly in section, a portion of the outside cylinder having been removed, showing a detached whip-handle as secured in the looking device, also the relative position of the several parts of the improvement when in the act of thus securing the whip. Fig. 2 is a similar view to that of Fig. 1, but shows the position of the several parts which constitute the locking device when unlocked and the whip removed. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detached views, which are fully explained hereinafter.

Letters of like kind and name refer to like parts in each of the figures.-

S represents a whip-socket of cylindrical form, which incloses all the parts except the key-stem f, which is guarded by the hollow semi-spherical escutcheon a, this escutcheon a being secured to the socket S by suitable rivets.

B and B are two oscillating clamping-levers, having a peculiar curved form, which enables them to operate inside of the whip-socket S. The inside face of each end of the levers B and B is concaved, as shown by the end views I) and c of the lever B in Fig. 3. The concavity of the face I) is made to conform to the whiphandle, while the lower end, a, is concaved to correspond with the convexity of the point k on the cam C. The levers B and B are journaled to the receiving-base D by means of the rib e on the inside of lever B and the lugs s on the bottom of the circular receiving-base D, the rib 0 being placed between the lugs s and pinned, as shown; or the lever B may have two ribs like e, and the receiving-base D one or more lugs, s, to form the hinge-joint, the circular receiving-base D being provided with the lugs s, as shown by the perspective view, Fig. 5.

By reference to the sectional view of Fig. 5 on line 00 a: in Fig. 1, it will be seen that the receiving-base D is hollowed out, so as to form a support, and also a stop for the whip-handle A. The aperture 71. in the bottom of this cupped base D permits any water or dirtwhichwould otherwise accumulate-to freely pass off.

E is a round shaft, which is provided with an internally-threaded hole at one end, to admit the screw z. The other end consists of a key-stein, f, which is designed to be made of various forms to avoid one key unlocking more than one device. This shaft E is provided with a cam, C, which is secured to it in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2-i. e., between the ends of the levers B and B-by which arrangement the levers B and B are adapted to be operated by the use of a suitable key upon the key-stem f and the springs d and d, which are secure@ at one end to the levers B and B, having the other end bifurcated in the manner shown in Fig. 6,'to allow the spring to operate upon each side of the shaft E inside the socket S, as shown in' Fig. 2. The shaft E is supported at one end by the small screw i, the other end resting upon the side of the socket S, through which it extends to form the key-stem f.

WVhen the parts constituting this invention are constructed and arranged in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the operation and functions of the same are as follows, viz: When the cam C is in a horizontal position, as in Fig. 1, the curvilineal springs d and (1 press the lower ends of the pivotal levers B and B toward each other into the concavities upon the sides of the cam C, causing the top of the leversB and B to open, as shown in Fig. 2. In this position they offer no obstacle to a free use of the whip-socket.

essary to leave the whip during a temporary absence, by inserting a suitable key into the aperture a in the escutcheon a, and turning the shaft E so as to place the cam O in the vertical position represented in Fig. l, the convex points 7a 7a of the cam 0 force the lower ends of the levers B and B apart, by which operation the upper ends of said levers B and B tightly clamp upon the handle A of the whip. The cam O is securely retained in this vertical positionuntil moved by a proper key upon the key-stem f-by the convex points k is resting in the concave face 0 of the levers B and B. The usual form of the whip-handle prevents the Whip being removed until released by the proper key.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A locking device for whip-sockets, consisting of the pivotal olampinglevers B and Should it be nec- B,

provided with springs d d, and journaled to the receiving-base D, the levers B and B be ing adapted to be operated by the cam O upon the shaft E, with a suitable key upon the keystem f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a whip-socket, the combination of the whip-socket S with the pivotal clamping-levers B and B, journaled to the receiving-base D, as shown and described, and provided with springs d d, together with the cam G and shaft E, having a key-stem, f, all being arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. DINSE.

Wi tnesses:

A. K. STANDISH, CHAS. F. VVooD. 

